Chris Snook

Sep 2, 2024 | domino.com | Olivia Lidbury |Chris Snook

Lucy Ward isn’t sure whether the 40% discrepancy between the initial quote for her kitchen extension and the itemized budget she received just weeks before the build came down to her builder miscalculating or inflation. Either way, it turned her remodel dreams to dust. “It was crazy. My partner, Chris, was like: ‘No way, we’re not doing it. We won’t be able to afford anything for the interior of the kitchen—we’ll just have a shell,’” she remembers. They couldn’t have that.

Aug 18, 2024 | houzz.co.uk | Victoria Harrison |Chris Snook |Trevor Brown Architects |Rees Architects

Take a look at these smart ideas for moving your laundry equipment out of the kitchenHaven’t got space for a laundry area in your kitchen? Upstairs utility rooms are having a moment on Houzz. We’ve noticed more than a few clever utility cupboards and laundry room ideas in our Houzz Tours that squeeze practicality and purpose out of upstairs landings and bathrooms. Take a look at these ideas to be inspired.

Apr 24, 2024 | houzz.com | Kate Burt |Chris Snook |Wilder Landscapes |John Davies Landscape

Rewild a PatchRewilding, or letting nature take care of itself, comes up a lot in conversations about naturalistic landscaping in relation to large areas of land, but can it be done on a domestic scale? Yes, our experts say, and they suggest a few routes you can take. “The easy way to add more interest and species to your lawn is to inject plugs of endemic wild plants,” says landscape designer Melanie Hick.

Apr 17, 2024 | domino.com | Olivia Lidbury |Chris Snook

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. When a Paris-based couple acquired a pretty cottage in the sought-after seaside village of Orford in Suffolk, England, they were playing the long game. Because of the home’s heritage status, nothing could be structurally altered, so they’d inevitably have to make do with the tiny three-bed, 732-square-foot home’s quirks, including a lack of central heating and incredibly restrictive staircase.

Nov 10, 2023 | domino.com | Olivia Lidbury |Chris Snook

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Renovating an entire house is overwhelming. For Charlotte Woodwards, a mom of two working in financial services, she wasn’t even sure where to begin. Her home in East London had been in the same family for 35 years, and three years into living there, she and her husband, Rob, hadn’t moved further than having plans drawn up to extend their minuscule kitchen.